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Check out our deep dive essays (and podcast episodes) diving into the online business status quo with actionable ideas designed to cut the BS.

business as unusual

Episode 211: Business as Unusual: Decision Making and Boundaries During a Crisis (With Shulamit Ber Levtov)

When things are unusual, it’s all too easy for our decision making to falter and for our boundaries to be shaky. In this episode, guest…

marketing and sales

Episode 210: Business as Unusual: How I’m Handling My Marketing and Sales Right Now

It’s a new month, and let’s be real, it’s one with a lot of questions and many answers. For this episode as part of the…

Business planning

Episode 209: Doing Business As Unusual: Business Planning Amid Uncertainty

Things are pretty far from business as usual right now, so do we even bother with planning right now? The answer is yes. We definitely…

Agency owner

Episode 208: Behind-the-Scenes with Agency Owner Rita Barry

In a world full of other agencies doing the same thing as you, it’d be so easy to simply blend in, and end up struggling.…

Nechelle Bartley

Episode 206: Stop Worrying About the $5 Latte with Nechelle Bartley

Most of us have financial goals that involve making more money. But what if in the pursuit of making more money, we’re focused on the…

Simple client experience

Episode 205: Creating a Deliberately Simple Client Experience

When you make your money by serving clients, the experience you create can make or break your business. But I’ve noticed that many times bosses…

enneagram

Episode 204: All Things Enneagram with Chrissie Wywrot

If there’s one thing entrepreneurs love, it’s personality tests. And it’s no surprise as we’re relentless in our personal development work, and these tests help…

client proposals

Episode 203: Real-Life Insights From a Year of Client Proposals

Back in 2016, when I started my marketing agency, one of the very first things I did was look at the entire sales process from…

Behind-the-Scenes with Social Media Strategist Andrea Jones

Episode 202: Behind-the-Scenes with Social Media Strategist Andrea Jones

Many times we have ideas that can hold us back or result in bumps along the way. In this episode of the Small Business Boss…